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No. 408,646. Patented Aug. 6, 1889.

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A TTHVEY N4 PETERS Photolilhugmplmr. Washington. DJ;-

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

'JUAN B. AEOI, OE BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, AssIeNOR To THEKLA o. AECI,

OF SAME PLACE.

STREET-WASH ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 408,646, dated August6, 1889.

Applica'ill filed February 19, 1889. Serial No. 300,447. (No model.) A

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JUAN B. ARCI, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kingsand State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Street-Washer,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a sectional elevation of my new and improved street-washer.Fig. 2 is a sectional plan view on the line of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is asectional view on the line y y of Fig. l. Fig. 4 is a sectional view ofthe key for turning the water-plug, and Fig. 5 is a detailed View of amodified form of washer-pipe.

The invention will first be described in connection with the drawingsand then pointed out in the claims.

A represents the cast-'iron box to be set in the pavement. The top ofthis box is formed with a surrounding flange d, over which adownwardly-projecting lip a of the cover A fits, to prevent as far aspossible surface water and dirt from entering the box. The bottom of thebox A is formed with an aperture b for the washer-pipe B, and also withthe aperture d, to receive the top of the shell or casing C. Surroundingthe aperture d is the upwardly-projecting iange f, which serves toprevent dirt from entering the tube or shell C. Over the said iiange fis placed the cap D, held to the bottom of the box A by screws @passingthrough lugs c into the box. In the top of the saidv cap D is formed anopening d', which receives the circular flange e of the locking-plate E,fitted on the square upper end of the operating-rod F, for the purposeshereinafter described.

G is the inverted box or bell connected to the lower end of the tube Cto protect the several water-connections and the water-plug H, buried inthe ground. The rod F is connected to the plug for turning the same inthe coupling J. This coupling is formed with a passage or branch j toconnect with the water-main, with an opposite branch j to con' nect withthe building, and with a side branch j? to connect, by the intermediateor other short pipe or coupling B, with the washerpipe B. The branchesjj t7'2 are made integral with the slightly-conical socket js, in whichthe plug H ts, and said plug is made 'hollow with three openings it" 2,to coincide 55 with the branches jjj2.

Between the openings it" i2 are the solid portions lo 7c k2, for closingthe branches jj I7'2 or opening all or two of them. As shown in Fig. 3,the plug is set to admit Water to the 6o house and also to the washer.To cut the Water oif from the house but admit it to the washer, the plugmust be turned by the key L, applied to rod F, to bring the solidportion k2 of the plug-in position to close the branch 65 j', which willbring openings 'i' 2. in coincidence with t-he branches jy?. To cut thewater off from the washer but admit it to the house, the plug must beturned by the key to bring the solid portion k2 in position to close 7othe branch f2. To cut the water off from both the house and washer, theplug has to be turned by the key to close the branch j. When the plug isturned to any of the positions named, it and the rod F are locked inthat position by the locking plate or tumbler F., above referred to,which is formed with a horizontal iiange e and side arm e2, having a.stud e3, to enter one or the other offour sockets e5, as shown clearlyin Figs. 1 and 2. The 8o locking-plate is placed loosely upon the rod F,and it is normally held up in contact with the cap D by the spring M,placed on the rod and resting on the plate N, which is placed within theflange f, and closes the top of the tube or shell C. When the key L isplaced upon the rod F and pressed down, the locking-plate may be forceddown against the pressure of the spring M andthe plate disengaged fromthe cap, so that the rod F is 9o free to be turned to any position .bythe key. The sockets e5 are marked, and the projection e2 is an index tothe plug, so that no difficulty will be experienced in turning the plugto cut the water off from the house or from the washer or admit it toboth or out it off from both.

The washenpipe B is in two sections, the upper one b of which isconnected to the lower section h2 by a coupling b3, so that the rooupper section may be readily removed and the lower section capped torender the washer useless, which is of advantage when the washer is toremain and the property-owner wishes to avoid payment of the water-taxinvolved upon washers capable of use.

In Fig. 1, from section B to the top box, the washer-pipe is rigid. InFig. 5 the pipe is made in sections, which slide one within the other,so that in case the box A is lifted by frost the pipe will extend, andthus obviate danger of breaking or cracking the bottom of the box. Theshort removable section 1J is connected to the lower section b2 the sameas in Fig. I, but is of short length, and telescopes the larger sections, which is secured to the box A. The lower end of the section s isprovided with a stuing-box s', constructed to receive packing at s2 toprevent leakage. By this construction all danger of breakage anddisplacement of the box and washer by the effect of frost is entirelyobviated.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- 1. The surface-box A and shell C, connectedtherewith, the cap D, and the rod F, in combination with thelocking-plate E, spring M,

JUAN v B. ARCI.

Witnesses:

H. A. WEST, C. SEDGWICK.

